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Dennis_T.O.
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How loud is it?
04/05/06 at 13:04:13
 
    I'm a new guy to this forum and to motorcycles in general.I just turned 46 and feel the urge to ride.Call it a mid-life crisis,but motorcycling sounds safer than dating a stripper.I love the looks and idea of a big single but I am a little worried about the talk of backfires. How loud is it?On a scale of 1[a baby clapping] to 10[a shot gun blast]how would you describe it. Thanks for any help.
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Reply #1 - 04/05/06 at 13:33:18
 
some times 1, sometimes 10.  I usually get5 it when I turn off the bike.  Most of the itme it was quiet ~ 3,  but every once in a while I'd get a 10.

It's a pretty easy fix, though.
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Reply #2 - 04/05/06 at 21:55:33
 
I was getting regular 8-10 before the mods Tongue...now I sometimes get a 2 or a 3... Grin
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Reply #3 - 04/05/06 at 22:31:59
 
Think Civil War cannon... (before mods) Cheesy
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Reply #4 - 04/06/06 at 00:33:12
 
Mine have alway been rare with or without mods.  Never loud.
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Reply #5 - 04/06/06 at 01:50:10
 
when i bought my 02, i took it too the dealer and they punched out the plug on the carberator and richened it for me. i installed a supertrapp muffler and a k@n air filter and 15,000 miles later it has never backfired once
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Reply #6 - 04/06/06 at 03:08:13
 
Pull in the driveway and shut her down: Kabooom

Pull in, idle a few seconds: pooof

Never any backfires while driving as of yet (800 miles.)

No mods done or intended. Don't like surgery unless it's required on humans, animals, or thing-a-ma-jig-machines.
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Reply #7 - 04/06/06 at 09:44:22
 
I had a backfire the otehr night... I saw my shadow   Cheesy
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Reply #8 - 04/06/06 at 10:23:17
 
Just remember that one of the qualitys of a Savage is its  Attitude (and sometimes she roars)  Grin
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Reply #9 - 04/06/06 at 11:30:30
 
Mine usually a 2 occasionally a 5 when I shut it down.  Sometimes when down shifting a 3.
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Reply #10 - 04/06/06 at 13:06:30
 
Before the carb mods - 2-8. After - very rare, never happens on shutdown, and when it does backfire 1-2.
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Reply #11 - 04/06/06 at 17:29:40
 
SAMM wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:
Just remember that one of the qualitys of a Savage is its  Attitude (and sometimes she roars)  Grin



I enjoy the backfire. It reminds me of my JAWA.
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Re: How loud is it?
Reply #12 - 04/06/06 at 17:42:13
 
the backfire is quieter than alot of bikes on the road.  sometimes it happens to catch you off guard during a down shift though and scares the cr@p out of you
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Reply #13 - 04/07/06 at 13:07:56
 
russ_g wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:
the backfire is quieter than alot of bikes on the road.  sometimes it happens to catch you off guard during a down shift though and scares the cr@p out of you

You'll get used to it but it'll still make people on the sidewalks duck.
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